It's not that difficult. I'm going to CC the 'bb on this so anybody else
facing the same problem can use this. Also, they should be almost drop-in
compatible, but I ran all of this on a Linux Mint install, not Ubuntu. Mint
(IMHO) is a little more friendlier than Ubuntu, but is a direct fork of
Ubuntu so you shouldn't have any compatibility issues.
First, install git and some dependencies. This assumes GPredict is already
installed.
*sudo apt-get install git libglib2.0-dev libtool intltool
libcurl4-gnutls-dev libgoocanvas-dev*
Then you'll want to grab the code.
*git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/gpredict/code
http://git.code.sf.net/p/gpredict/code gpredict-code*
This will create a new directory (probably gpredict-code); you'll want to
move into that directory.
*cd gpredict-code *
Next, run the autogen script. This prepares the code for installation.
*./autogen.sh*
Assuming that runs all the way through without exiting for errors, run
*./configure*
then
*make*
and finally
*sudo make install*
Assuming everything goes according to plan, you should be able to launch
the program by running
*/usr/local/bin/gpredict*
Make sure it's the correct version by going to Help About GPredict.
GPREDICT 1.3.242-b445 is the text you're looking for.
Finally, let's replace the out-of-date binary with this one. This probably
isn't the best way to do it, but it works.
*sudo mv /usr/local/bin/gpredict /usr/bin/*
That should do it for updating it to the latest version.
Other changes that were helpful:
Duplex TRX Sub Up / Main Down in the interfaces prompt
Modules Layout Select Layout All Views (Wide) (Requires restart of
program)
Anyway, good luck. Let me know how it turns out.
73 de KE5GDB
On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 12:53 PM, Richard Lawn rjl...@gmail.com wrote:
Rats! It's been a struggle up to this point. Maybe I should wait for it to
hit the repository. If not I'll need specific directions on how to compile
it as I've never done that before.
Thanks.
Rick
On Saturday, June 21, 2014, Andrew Koenig ke5...@gmail.com wrote:
Rick,
This is where things get exponentially more difficult. There's a bug in
GPredict that directly affects the 847, and it's been fixed, but that fix
hasn't propagated through the repositories yet. You'd need to build
GPredict from source code to have the change applied.
git clone git://git.code.sf.net/p/gpredict/code gpredict-code
That command is where you'd start. I think from there you'd run
autoconf.sh or something. At this point things start getting fuzzy as to
how I fixed it, but it wasn't a simple process.
On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 10:47 AM, Richard Lawn rjl...@gmail.com wrote:
This is fabulous! You've gotten me very close to all this working. I now
I have CAT control but when call up the radio control panel in Gpredict
and select SO50 for example the main tune jumps to the correct 70cm freq
for downlink but the sub tuning freq for uplink remains unchanged. I must
be missing a command line command for the 847 in Hamlib which I still don't
entirely understand but I'm getting there. Any suggestions on how to make
this last fix?
Tnx
Rick
On Saturday, June 21, 2014, Andrew Koenig ke5...@gmail.com wrote:
Rick,
GPredict will control your rig, but it requires hamlib. From the
command line, you must run rigctld -m 101 -s 9600 /dev/ttyS0. These
parameters will change for whatever flavor of radio you're using (m = rig
number; s = CAT baud rate). Rigctld is part of hamlib. I think the command
to list all of the different radios supported is rigctl --list.
Under the Interface configuration, you must specify your rig
capabilities. All this does is tell GPredict what to expect from
hamlib/rigctld.
rotctld is the one for your rotor. It works in the same manor as
rigctld.
Let me know if you've got any more questions or need further
explanations. I think these commands are correct, but I'm not at the shack
PC.
73 de KE5GDB
On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Richard Lawn rjl...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm new to using Ubuntu-Linux. I finally with a lot of outside
counciling
got FlDigi to run using either Hamlib or Flrig to handle CAT on my
FT-847.
I thought I was home free until I found that Gpredict would not
control CAT
on the radio. What am I doing wrong? Can anyone help? Linux is my only
resource on this old XP P3 computer. Ubuntu runs great if I can only
learn
how to use command line Linus language hi hi!
73
Rick
W2JAZ
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